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The history of the Zionist enterprise is well-known: surrounded and outnumbered by hostile neighbours, the nascent Israel was forced to defend itself against invasion and certain destruction.


Ehud Olmert

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EHUD OLMERT I have faith in his judgment and in his sense of responsibility.
EHUD OLMERT This is a difficult situation that we are not accustomed to.
EHUD OLMERT I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.
EHUD OLMERT I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice.
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EHUD OLMERT Historic scores cannot be settled, and scars cannot be obliterated.
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EHUD OLMERT The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders.
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EHUD BARAK Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons.
EHUD BARAK The Islamization process in Arab countries is very disturbing.
EHUD BARAK When you launch a surgical operation, you must already be well deployed to follow it through with la...
EHUD BARAK Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally ...
EHUD BARAK If Israel does not find the way to disengage from the Palestinians, its future might resemble the ex...
EHUD BARAK I will not discuss future hypothetical situations.
EHUD BARAK Israel cannot afford to be duped.
EHUD BARAK Prime Minister, you have blood on your hands.
EHUD BARAK At this place, Jews have prayed throughout the generations, and it is fitting that the message of br...
EHUD BARAK The red line must be drawn on Iran's nuclear enrichment program because these enrichment facilit...
EHUD BARAK a gimmick that has no importance.
EHUD BARAK I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government.
EHUD BARAK I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both priva...
EHUD BARAK The Palestinian Authority cannot hold the stick at both ends: to incite violence, to participate in ...
EHUD BARAK I don't think the CIA should be involved in counting the number of policemen in the Gaza Strip to ch...
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EHUD BARAK I still believe that Mr. Assad is a strong and reliable leader, ... He is the Syrian leader with who...
EHUD BARAK The Temple Mount is (the) only place under dispute,
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EHUD BARAK we do not intend to drag our feet for another three years.
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EHUD BARAK I have to say in anguish that we have not yet succeeded, ... because we did not find a partner that ...
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EHUD BARAK Your sensitivity, your gestures conquered the hearts of all Israelis.
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EHUD BARAK We want peace, but not at any price.
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EHUD BARAK I'm sure that the people, like me, will stand by this government and do everything we can to help it...
EHUD BARAK Our children have to be educated in the values of equality, freedom of choice and democracy,
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EHUD BARAK There is no failure, even though the level of expectation is very low.
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EHUD BARAK no reason to wait.
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EHUD BARAK their own fate and the fate of their families, their children, all of us.
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EHUD BARAK united and eternal capital of Israel.
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EHUD GELBLUM arbitrator, policeman and judge.
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EHUD BARAK We are living in an open world. There is a freedom of speech and, clearly, freedom of speculation.
EHUD BARAK Sometimes you have to subordinate strategic considerations to tactical needs.
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EHUD BARAK Together with the president of the United States let us be able to bring peace and security to our p...
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